Sky News: Presentation Discussion

Sky News showing a replay of the press preview at 12:30 today, I hope this is not a regular thing as I like to see the CBS Evening News

Edit: Also shown at 1:30, CBS Evening News shown at 2:30 like normal

same again tonight at 12:30am.

Complete with static strap saying
"PRESS PREVIEW"
"Full look at the papers with journalist Elizabeth Day and Writer Jonathan Maitland"

Which it looks like is going to be statically there for the whole segment which is not needed.

Replay in the right hand corner which is needed.

Quite a significant development today - Sky News has become the first news channel to be available on Apple TV in the UK, Ireland and most interestingly, the U.S.

Apple press release,


http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/19/apple-tv-update-adds-hbo-go-and-watchespn-channels/

A really smart move I think - they were always going to struggle to get carried on cable platforms in the U.S but this is a neat way to build up a niche American audience.

Oddly the live feed on AppleTV is the non-HD feed and presentation. I'd was hoping to see the HD graphics.

Not a fan of the little > big boxes they have now for live shots, the old version, big > little, was better because the HD Side Panels fit perfectly, whilst now they cut off half of the visible box. http://up.metropol247.co.uk/062013/1372091281_890894898.jpg

Fantastic press preview there just now, the trio (Botting, Pierce and Maguire) very nearly lost it again! Gotta say that is the only time I watch the Press Preview is to see them 3 totally lose it!

has the autocue failed?

Lukwesa keeps looking down at the desk in front of her rather than straight ahead, clearly reading from a piece of paper or something in front of her.

Great live shot usage of the newswall during the TOTH's today. Great and well working 3D graphics combined with the newswall , superb presentation of Martin . All in all a good coverage of the chancellor's speech and I am very pleased by the rich amount of information beeing delivered by skynews! A great day , this is the skynews I'd like to watch!

I think the HD feed is only available to Sky subscribers, so they probably want to keep it that way.

It's a bit silly really, about as silly as ITV keeping their main channel off Sky Digital in 1998, to try to give On Digital an advantage. If anything, actually, it's sillier. HD picture quality is not so significantly different from SD. A bit sharper yes, but certainly not enough to make someone choose to subscribe to Sky just to see the channel in HD.

Sky Sports News is a similar case in point. Even the fact the channel itself is behind a paywall, after spending 5 years on Freeview, seems silly. Since going pay-only, Sky Sports News ratings have dropped down to pre-Freeview levels. Why anybody would want to pay extra just to watch it in HD, I just don't know.

Very strong coverage from Cairo tonight. I wonder are some of the HD pictures being provided by Sky Arabia?

Andrew Wilson and Tim Marshall doing a sterling job. Portions of the coverage being simulcasted on Fox News.

They really need to sort the sound of, Andrew's mic is out of sync with the picture (the bbc's sound quality is far superior.) It'd also be nice if they moved location into the heart of the square, sky news Arabia have a great spot. But, brilliant coverage of the 'revolution' so far.